The Trouble at Wheaton
Last week, I posted this. Later that day, I saw the news about a demonstration at Wheaton College, a Christian college in the greater Chicago area. I mentioned it in a tweet, thanking Wheaton for...
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The Heart of the Matter
This was brought to my attention today. It's a prophecy delivered by Kenneth Copeland back in October, complete with "saith the LORD" attribution. I'll put twolinks here, and a screenshot at the end of...
View ArticleApostasy and the Church
The book of Hebrews contains what is probably the most-quoted exhortation to church membership:Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us...
View ArticleThe Magnet of God's Word
Our Lord is the same yesterday, today, and forever and He takes His revelation very seriously. Throughout history, God's prophetic revelation has been central to this precious matter of revealing the...
View ArticleGuilt By Association - False Prophets
Scripture contains several tests for prophets in passages such as Deuteronomy 13 and 18, and Jeremiah 14. The people were to evaluate the prophecy for accuracy (did it come true?) and fidelity (was he...
View ArticleEmotegesis
The Christian view of our relation to scripture goes a little something like this. Because we are sinners, our faculties are corrupted and we by nature oppose the truth. Part of the sanctification...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts on the World Vision Kerfuffle
You may have heard a little about World Vision's big announcement. The organization, known as a Christian humanitarian group which has contributed ridiculous amounts of aid to needy countries through...
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Lydia Joy
Lydia Joy, born this morning, 7 lb 11 oz. She and her mom are healthy and doing well.And now we switch from man-to-man to zone.This is pretty easily the best birthday present ever.
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It's a Girl!
When Lydia was born a few weeks ago, the doctor held her up, I saw her and said, "It's a girl!" The doctor proclaimed, "Congratulations, it's a girl!" The medical records all identified her as "Machel,...
View ArticleThe one where Bekah burned her hand
Last Sunday after church, we had a 10-year celebration for our pastor. Being good Baptists, that of course meant lunch. Since this was a little more than your typical potluck, the really important...
View ArticleDiet and Discernment
One simple step we can take to drastically clean up evangelicalism is to take how much we care about what we eat, and start caring about how we feed our souls at least a quarter as much.But first, a...
View ArticleOn Acts 29's blessed subtraction
If you're the type to follow the happenings of greater evangelicalism, you've no doubt heard that sorta-famous sorta-pastor Mark Driscoll received the boot of disfellowship to the hindquarters of his...
View ArticleI'm a Christian. Should I join a local church?
Since I don't have a ton of time to breathe write lately, I might start a really-occasional series where I give obvious answers to questions that for some reason people feel the need to ask. Up first,...
View ArticlePrediction I Hope Will Be Wrong
Sometimes I really, really hope I'm wrong. Now, for instance.Big news came from Seattle this week: Mark Driscoll is stepping down as pastor of Mars Hill. Well, for six weeks, anyway. Serious charges...
View ArticleThe Awesome Power of The Word
Not long ago I heard an entertainer-type give his testimony, telling his story of how he was brought to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. He had almost zero exposure to Christianity or scripture...
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Find the Baby in this Bathwater
In the most recent edition of Hither and Thither 2.0, Dan Phillips linked to two articles from Charisma magazine online. Morbidly curious, I checked them out and - wow. Have a look for...
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Theology? Ain't Nobody Got Time For That!
Over the weekend I saw numerous reports of the death of Myles Munroe. At first I thought they were talking about this guy:...which is odd, since I thought he died before the 138th episode spectacular,...
View ArticleWhat Downgrade Looks Like
Early 2008, we had just moved to the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Once we realized that it wouldn't be feasible to stay with our church downtown, we decided to check out the large church about three...
View ArticleNo Bad Malarkey Puns
Unless you only get your news exclusively from official Southern Baptist sources or Charisma Magazine, you've probably heard that Alex Malarkey, the boy whose 'visit to heaven' was chronicled in the...
View ArticleThe Lamest "God Told Me"
This weekend there's a conference in Houston that I would have loved to attend, but will be unable to. The theme of the Sufficient Fire conference is the sufficiency of the Word of God, which stands in...
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